PROVIDING INCENTIVES USAGE

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
E-DUCTION THE ULTIMATE WAY TO SELL	E-DUCTION, INC.	2 Valley Square, Suite 100 512 Township Line Road Blue Bell PA 19422	PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR THE USAGE OF CREDIT, DEBIT, AND PAYMENT CARDS AND FOR THE SALE OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF OTHERS THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION OF DISCOUNT AND FINANCING OFFERS AND PROMOTIONS, AND ADVERTISING, MARKETING, AND PRINTED MATERIALS; DISSEMINATING ADVERTISING FOR OTHERS VIA DIRECT MAIL, THE INTERNET AND OTHER MEDIA; AND PROVIDING BUSINESS MARKETING AND CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;
THE POWER TO DELIVER THE RIGHT OFFER TO THE RIGHT AUDIENCE. EVERYTIME	Visa U.S.A. Inc.	900 Metro Center Boulevard Foster City CA 94404	Providing incentives for the usage of credit, debit and payment cards and for the sale of goods and services of others through the distribution of discount offers and promotions;
THE ULTIMATE WAY TO SELL	E-DUCTION, INC.	2 Valley Square, Suite 100 512 Township Line Road Blue Bell PA 19422	PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR THE USAGE OF CREDIT, DEBIT, AND PAYMENT CARDS AND FOR THE SALE OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF OTHERS THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION OF DISCOUNT AND FINANCING OFFERS AND PROMOTIONS, AND ADVERTISING, MARKETING, AND PRINTED MATERIALS; DISSEMINATING ADVERTISING FOR OTHERS VIA DIRECT MAIL, THE INTERNET AND OTHER MEDIA; PROVIDING HYPERTEXT LINKS TO THE WEB SITES OF OTHERS; AND PROVIDING BUSINESS MARKETING AND CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;
VISA REWARDS PERSONALIZED	VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION	900 Metro Center Boulevard Foster City CA 94404	providing incentives for the usage of credit and debit cards and for the sale of goods and services of others through the distribution of discount offers and promotions;PERSONALIZED and REWARDS;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

The present invention permits a network service provider to detect an operational condition-such as congestion-in a packet-switched network and to alleviate such congestion by providing customer incentives to avoid use of the network. The detection mechanism triggers an incentive such as the modification of the user's access charges and the customer can be immediately notified of either the occurrence of the congestion or of information regarding the incentive. Usage of the network during congested periods can be deterred by imposing additional access charges during such periods-similarly, customers can be given a discount to encourage usage during periods of low congestion. An incentive schedule can be tailored to dynamically change the usage patterns of the customers of the network to accommodate the operational conditions in the network. The present invention has application in the Internet, where a detection/notification mechanism, for example, can be implemented in a network node such as a router or in a network endpoint such as a client machine or a proxy or mail server.